Gonzalez, Moises Jesus

Moises Jesus Gonzalez was a 29-year-old sergeant from Huntington Park, California. He served with the 509th Combat Service Support Company, part of the 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade based at Fort Hood, Texas. His unit deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

On April 25, 2012, Sergeant Gonzalez was killed by enemy small arms fire in Takhteh Pol, a village in the volatile Ghazni province of eastern Afghanistan. He was on patrol with his unit when the attack occurred. The Department of Defense confirmed his death the following day.

Operation Enduring Freedom was the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan that began in October 2001 following the September 11 attacks. The mission initially focused on dismantling al-Qaeda and removing the Taliban from power, evolving into a protracted counterinsurgency and nation-building effort. By 2012, the war was in its eleventh year, with intense fighting continuing in eastern provinces like Ghazni.

Sergeant Gonzalez's body was returned to the United States. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, and Meritorious Service Medal. His funeral was held in his hometown of Huntington Park, California.

He is memorialized on the Afghanistan War casualty lists and at the Fort Hood memorial. His name is inscribed on the California Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Sacramento's Capitol Park, which also honors those lost in subsequent wars.

Sergeant Gonzalez was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (2001–2014). The conflict concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.

Among those documented in the same conflict: Andrews, Evander Earl, Edmunds, Jonn Joseph, Stonesifer, Kristofor Tif, Davis, Bryant Leroy.

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